With the druids, I need to be able to see ally hp bar on the field so I can heal them.
It wouldn’t be just be useful to Druids, but it’ll be useful to other professions. If I see a ally with low hp, I can:
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s just no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
I suppose they could add an option to have the feature show up permanently, but wouldn’t that clutter up the screen even more than it already is by all the skill effects? I’m not sure if that’s the best solution, to be honest.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
The point of gw2 combat isnt to stare at your allie’s health bar but the actual moment of the fight itself. So I hope they dont turn this game into stare 90% at your allies health game like other mmos…
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
The point of gw2 combat isnt to stare at your allie’s health bar but the actual moment of the fight itself. So I hope they dont turn this game into stare 90% at your allies health game like other mmos…
well yeah play the game not the UI i supose, but after yesterday raid i notice that i was looking more at the squad ui to see my group hp than into the fight and between looking at the UI and looking at the game with some bars in the heads of your allies, the second choice seems better.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
I suppose they could add an option to have the feature show up permanently, but wouldn’t that clutter up the screen even more than it already is by all the skill effects? I’m not sure if that’s the best solution, to be honest.
Then don’t use it. I will use it.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
I suppose they could add an option to have the feature show up permanently, but wouldn’t that clutter up the screen even more than it already is by all the skill effects? I’m not sure if that’s the best solution, to be honest.
Then don’t use it. I will use it.
But if you have to use it to be effective THEN it becomes a problem.
Again this game isnt about playing the UI… though I’m worried it might turn into it because of druid but let’s hope not. And let’s hope Druid gets fixed.
I would love an option to permanently display the small health bars above all nearby allies.
While playing a Druid in this beta weekend, having to awkwardly move my mouse across my allies to see who was low on health felt far more like playing the UI than just being able to always see their health bars above them.
I honestly don’t see how being able to easily know the status of your allies detracts from the gameplay, in fact it enhances it by keeping a lot of the necessary information where all of the action is occurring and allowing you to act far more situationally. For example, if some boss is charging up a large attack, you are able to see who is low on health AND in the area of the boss’s attack, therefore being able to focus your support on whoever needs it most to survive the attack.
In my opinion, your competence in a supporting role shouldn’t be determined by how well you can hover your mouse over your allies, or glance at the left side of the screen and then rapidly locate any of the players with low health on the battlefield. It should instead be about your ability to react to the events occurring around you and utilizing all of your supporting ability to allow your team to succeed.
The last time I seriously played a healer before the Druid was back in Aion, where I was a top PvP Cleric on my server. We really need this function if you want support to matter in this game, Anet. Healers need to be able to see in the blink of an eye which ally needs heals when and the ones in the party UI don’t cut it, especially if you’re in a PUG or a group with no voice chat.
Such a feature already exists in the game. A small hp bar shows up above the heads of allied players when you hover over them with your cursor. There’s justg no way of permanently showing it. It’s also hard to notice amidst all the skill effects and such due to its small size, but it does exist.
It doesn’t exist in a way it is convenient.
I suppose they could add an option to have the feature show up permanently, but wouldn’t that clutter up the screen even more than it already is by all the skill effects? I’m not sure if that’s the best solution, to be honest.
Then don’t use it. I will use it.
But if you have to use it to be effective THEN it becomes a problem.
Again this game isnt about playing the UI… though I’m worried it might turn into it because of druid but let’s hope not. And let’s hope Druid gets fixed.
I agree that it isn’t about playing the UI, I should have to look at the top left corner to see my party health to make sure they are alright. If they aren’t. I shouldn’t have to see if they are anywhere near me. I shouldn’t awkwardly hover my mouse over players for low hp.
Instead, I should be able to see their health on the screen. So I can actually play the game instead of the UI.
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